Article updated: 1/16/2013 3:57 PM

CDC to study violence in media

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, gestures Wednesday as he talks about proposals to reduce gun violence.

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The White House pressed most forcefully for a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre. No connection was suggested between bloody entertainment fictions and real-life violence. Instead, the White House is calling on research on the effect of media and video games on gun violence.